Schools suspend students with incomplete immunization amid measles outbreaks in Ontario [Video]

Ontario schools are starting to issue suspensions to some of the thousands of students who aren’t fully vaccinated, as measles continue to spread and the outbreak breathes new urgency into a call for the province to digitize its immunization record system.

Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, and a first group of 173 students in Grade 11 will be suspended Tuesday.

A total of 574 students were sent suspension orders, which will continue to roll out across Toronto high schools until May.

TPH says students can avoid suspension and return to school by showing proof of vaccination or completing a valid exemption.

Ottawa Public Health says approximately 15,000 notices of incomplete immunization records were handed out to students in mid-January, and suspensions are taking place March to May. In Waterloo, more than 1,600 students were suspended last week.

Under the Immunization of School Pupils …